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20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have, Part 4. Technology has changed a great deal in the last few years and the skills we need have changed along with it. Although no one would use all of these technologies, we should be knowledgeable in what each of them is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom. Here is some detailed information about technology skills 16 through 20. 16.Video & Podcasting A podcast, simply stated, is a webcast, a show that is broadcast over the web and is broken up into parts or episodes. Most podcasts are similar to news radio programs and deliver information on a regular basis. Types of podcasts include comedy shows, special music broadcasts or even gospel.

Podcasts are most popular on Apple's iPod and iPhone devices, so the name podcast was coined. Educational Podcasting Sites for Teachers 2 Cents Worth Occasional thoughts about education, teaching, learning, & the 21st century -- with David Warlick The Educational Mac The Education Podcast Network D’Arcy Norman PBS Videos. The Morning News Tournament of Books - Presented by Field Notes. Héctor Tobar: So it’s down to two, unorthodox historical novels. Watching the same character die repeatedly in Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life offered many pleasures. But after seeing “darkness fall” over Ursula repeatedly, and her subsequent resurrections, it felt like a book about the power of the writer as much as anything else. James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird took many satirical liberties and besmirched the name of Frederick Douglass, but the story of a slave boy in drag joining John Brown’s abolitionist army was more energetic, pointed, and rooted in historical truths, in this writer’s opinion.

Greg Walklin: Upon advancing The Good Lord Bird, I hoped that it would be read and judged again and again. Jane Hu: There is a kind of voracious reading that happens between the ages of seven and 17 that I thought was reserved only for, well, children. Geraldine Brooks: I had my say on Atkinson in the playoff round, so I will merely summarize here: I liked the middle bit. Roger D. How to make ebooks apps for the Apple iPad and iPhone. Writers Forum Magazine, June 2010This article has been extended online. Ebook applications now outnumber games in Apple's iTunes store. Sean McManus reveals how you can create your own application and tap into a market of over 50 million customers. Ask a room full of writers what the difference between a book and an ebook is. Some wag will doubtless say "the e". And perhaps they'd be right. One format, though, is radically reinventing the ebook. Book apps have much more creative latitude than static ebook formats do.

Sprouting success One author who has taken advantage of the medium's potential is Allan Plenderleith, author and illustrator of popular children's book The Smelly Sprout. He works closely with Stewart to build the app. Ravette Publishing only holds the rights to the print edition and hasn't been involved in the project. The key to a successful children's book app is to make sure that children can use it by themselves, says Plenderleith. An app on the side of the head. The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Edudemic. Remember Everything | Evernote Corporation. Symbaloo | Votre page d'accueil personnalisable.